Description

Hello dear travelers,

we are small family, me and my daughter running small ranch in Slovenske Konjice Slovenia. We are all hard working but still need some help at our farm. We need help with our guest, animals, gardening and maintance work. At night we all sit around big fire place and talk. We are easy going, go with the flow, fun, but still hard working.
Slovenske Konjice is a small but beautiful place. You can go to lake Bled, beautiful town called Piran, Postojnska cave and many more. Slovenia is a small country so everything is reachable within one hour car drive. You can try delicious local home made food.
If you are looking for a place to just relax, be around animals, go to the nature, look no further and come to Slovenske Konjice Slovenia

Type of help

Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

Slovenia is underrated but very beautiful country. You would work with animals and just be away from the big city life. People here are very nice and will help you with whatever you will need. They are fun loving party people. You can eat delicious local healthy food, and do so many sports activities

Help

We are looking for a help in farm, with animals and guests. This include small maintenance work, painting, building.

Languages spoken

english, slovenian, some spanish and french

Accommodation

We have 5 rooms, with we rent for our guest. You will stay in shared bedroom for 11 people. If we are not so busy, you can have a private room. For helping here you will get a bed, breakfast and dinner. We except you to work here for 5 hours a day.

What else ...

We can help you with arranging with sight seeing, transport, sports etc. Considering this is small town, we have buses, but that's pretty much it

A little more information

Internet access

Limited internet access

We have pets

We are smokers

How many Workawayers can stay?

More than two

Hours expected

I stayed at the Ranch for one and a half weeks. I planned to stay longer, but it wasn't really what I expected. My work was mostly cleaning, gardening (Boris has an amazing big garden with lots of great fruits and vegetables), looking for the animals and taking care for guests (preparing and serving food and drinks). There was a big group of… read more children for five days for horse riding vaccation and I had to help with that as well. The problem for me was that I am not to much into working with children and the profile tells nothing about this kind of work. Also it was pretty dirty everywhere and sometimes I had the feeling of being kind of a housemate. Boris seemed a really good cook, but sadly nearly every dish was made with meat, so I couldn't try much.
There is really a lot to do at the Ranch and Boris can definitely use some help! But in my opinion he should at least get one employee that helps him with the basic work and not just one or two workawayers and teenage girls to help with the horses.

(Neutral
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06/04/2016

Left by Workawayer (Markus) for host

I stayed two weeks at the ranch and it was a v cool experience. Alot of work that i had never done before, mostly all kinds of woodwork, which was fun, like sawing, cutting, measuring, etc. Boris had lots of plans about what he wanted to build on the ranch, with what i did my best to help him. So we were constructing a sauna, more guest rooms, and… read more an playground for children next to the animals. Boris does all by himself which is very impressive and will definetly teach you a few things. Also you get the chance of beeing a little creative with the work, give your opinion and new ideas what to improve around the ranch.
And also there was of course work with the animals which i really enjoyed. If you love animals this is your place. They have got many horses, ponies, a donky, pigs, goats, rabbits and the nicest dog ive ever seen!
Mostly my work was there with rhe horses, like feeding, taking them out and cleaning the boxes. It was great.
Also the food was very delicious, Boris every day cooked nice and healthy vegetarian meals for me with salad just from the garden.
However be aware that hevis a very hard working man and there is always something that needs to be done. So if you are looking for a place where you can lay in bed all say this one isnt for you, but if you enjoy working outside, want to get some new skills and to have some great time with the locals, then i really recommand this place for you.
All in all, its great, Boris and Tina will take good care of you and show you around (i even got riding lessons!) and theres always fun with the guests, like parties at the fireplace or carriage rides. I have lots of good memories, thanks so much!

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(Very good
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31/03/2016

Left by Workawayer (Gerard) for host

This is a lovely place in the countryside of Slovenija. I stayed there for two weeks and i enjoyed a lot! The people living or working there is awesome, with a really good heart, specially i spent time with Boris and Tina. There are lots of things to do, and there's always people coming in and out or just passing by.
The owner, Boris, is a very… read more hard-working person, which is admirable, but sometimes you have difficulties to follow his rythm. He is a super cheff in the kitchen, i love the food he prepares, very healthy and tasty. Ah, and you will end dreaming about regrad haha.
If you like the far west spirit and you want to feel like a cowboy, that is your place. I loved spending time with the horses and riding for the first time in my life. There you can meet some guests, have fun in the celebrations, visit the town... One day we went to see a very old easter tradition about a cannon that makes a very loud sound.
From the first day you will love Čoko (the dog), he lives in an eternal happiness state. They don't have a chicken to wake up in the morning, but dont worry, Bobi the donkey will take care that you never forget him! Since the start of using workaway i was thinking of a place like this, so thank you so much.
To end up, i had such a special experience in the ranch and i hope to return someday!